Kent County Government - Planning, Housing, and Zoning

R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr. Kent County Government Center
400 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
Tel: (410) 778-7423
Fax: (410) 403-4171 

Hours of Operation:
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Monday - Friday

Administrative Hearing Agendas: Meeting Packet for Hearing on June 13, 2025 at 10:30AM

For building/demolition application forms, and other supplementary forms, click here.

The Department of Planning, Housing and Zoning serves the present and future inhabitants of Kent County, Maryland by:

• Conducting immediate and long-range planning;
• Providing for the preservation and enhancement of the attractiveness of the county through good design and arrangement and by assuring the provision of adequate public utilities, services and facilities;
• Protecting Kent County's significant natural and historic resources and historic areas against destruction or encroachment;
• Protecting and preserving Kent County's agricultural industry and the prime agricultural soils essential to the conduct of this industry;
• Implementing programs to improve substandard housing and developing new programs to address the need for workforce housing.
• Providing for the development of a light industrial base, and
• Directing development into appropriate locations.

Staff